Asian Under-20 Athletics: Indians dominate in 3,000 meter steeplechase, Ekta, Ranveer win gold

New Delhi, 26 April (HS). Indian athletes maintained their dominance in the men's and women's 3,000 meter steeplechase events on the second day of the 21st Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships in Dubai on Thursday. While Ekta Dey won the gold in the women's category, Ranveer Singh won the gold in the men's category. of. India won seven medals in the championship on Thursday.

Ekta Dey won the gold medal in the women's 3,000 meters steeplechase with a timing of 10:31.92 seconds, while Ranveer Singh was victorious in the men's event, winning the gold medal with a timing of 9:22.62 seconds.

Earlier, Anurag Singh Kaler had won the gold medal in the men's shot-put event. Overall, Indian athletes won seven medals on Thursday.

In the morning session, race walker Aarti performed brilliantly by winning a bronze medal in the tightly contested women's 10,000m. Aarti's bronze-winning time of 47:45.33 seconds was better than the World Under-20 Athletics Championships qualification time of 49 minutes.

Later, the throwers added three more medals, including gold, to the team tally.

It took time for Anurag Singh Kaler to settle down in shot put. He faced South Korean Park Sihoon for the gold. Kaler started her campaign with a throw of 18.44 and after reaching 18.69m in her second attempt, achieved the gold-winning throw of 19.23m in her third attempt. There were no points in the fourth and fifth attempts and the sixth and final throw was 18.79 metres.

Park Sihoon also had a best throw of 19.23 metres, but due to Kaler's better average in the competition, he got the silver medal, depriving Korea of ​​winning the gold medal.

Defending champion Siddharth Choudhary won the bronze medal with a throw of 19.02 meters in his second attempt. His other throws were below the 19 meter mark.

Amanat Kamboj, who is practicing at the National Center of Excellence (NCOE) in Patiala in Punjab and supported by REC Ltd, added a silver medal to the team tally.

Aman Chaudhary won the bronze medal in men's 400 meters with a timing of 47.53 seconds.